Cold Harbor

Cold Harbor is an unincorporated community in Hanover County, Virginia. Old Cold Harbor is located 10 miles northeast of Richmond, Virginia, and it was the site of a major crossroads. On 1 and 3 June 1864, during the American Civil War, the Union army under Ulysses S. Grant assaulted six miles of Confederate entrenchments at Cold Harbor, and the ensuing Battle of Cold Harbor saw 16,000 Americans (on both sides) become casualties. The trenches dug by the Confederates are well-preserved, as Cold Harbor became a national park.